CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for Commerce secretary, saying his background is suited for the job.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Ted Kaufman will replace Vice President-elect Joe Biden in the U.S. Senate, Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner announced at a news conference Monday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Officials in Duval County, Fla., said 736 write-in ballots were cast in the presidential election for Hillary Clinton, Steven Colbert and other non-candidates.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, got a tour Thursday afternoon of their future home in Washington from its current occupants.
DOVER, Del., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Army Capt. Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general and oldest son of Vice President-elect Joe Biden, is expected to be in Iraq by the end of the month.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Ronald Klain, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Al Gore, has agreed to hold the same post for Joe Biden.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden arrived at his polling place in Wilmington, Del., hand-in-hand with his mother.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain's standing among U.S. voters has been hurt by his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a CNN poll indicates.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Both major-party campaigns keyed in on battleground states across the United States, fanning out from East to West.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The final 48 hours before Election Day had both major-party U.S. presidential candidates making their last-minute pleas for support in key states Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama is pressing hard in normally Republican-friendly states Saturday, with campaign stops scheduled in Missouri, Colorado and Nevada.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential hopeful John McCain has agreed to appear on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, a source told Usmagazine.com.
OCALA, Fla., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said Tuesday John McCain is "promising to continue" President George Bush's economic policies.
GREENVILLE, N.C., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden Monday said returning Republicans to the White House would devastate the U.S. middle class.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Democrat Barack Obama led Republican rival John McCain by nine points among likely voters interviewed for a poll on the U.S. presidential race.